Solid State Spectroscopy

Enrollment into the program.

1. Dielectric spectroscopy: macroscopic dielectric properties of crystals; response of matter to a time-dependent electric field; relaxational dynamics; resonant dynamics; measurement of the dielectric constant.
2. Neutron scattering: energy, wavelength and wavevector of thermal neutrons; neutron scattering on a crystal; crystal structure determination by neutron scattering.
3. Light scattering: Raman, Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering.
4. NMR spectroscopy: atomic nucleus in a magnetic field; classical and quantum pictures of NMR; spin relaxation; the spectrum; interactions between atomic nuclei and surrounding atoms and electrons in matter; two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy.

1. H. Kuzmany, Solid State Spectroscopy (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1998)
2. C. P. Slichter, Principles of Magnetic Resonance (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1980)
3. R. R. Ernst, G. Bodenhausen, A. Wokaun, Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in One and Two Dimensions (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987)

Objectives:
Student gets acquainted with modern spectroscopic methods for the research of matter.

Competences:
Knowledge and understanding of interaction of the electromagnetic field with matter; relating spectroscopic data to physical properties of matter.

Knowledge and understanding:
Gaining knowledge and understanding of various experimental spectroscopic methods for the research of matter.

Application:
Ability to use different kinds of spectrometers in experimental research laboratories.

Reflection
Critical evaluation of spectroscopic data, their accuracy and reliability.

Transferable skills
The ability of using complex equipmental equipment, data collection and analysis. Ability of assessing the accuracy of measurements.

Lectures, exercises.

Written or oral exam
grading: 5 (fail), 6-10 (pass) (according to the Statute of UL)

Janez Dolinšek

Publications:

• 258 original papers in the period 1983-2014 in international journals in the fields of condensed matter physics, materials science and nuclear magnetic resonance;
• more than 2600 pure citations in scientific literature;
• Hirsch index = 26;
• large number of invited lectures at international conferences, Universities and Institutes.

Awards:

• Zois prize 2010 of the Republic Slovenia for outstanding achievements in solid state physics
• Zois recognition 2001 for important achievements in solid state physics.